Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-22
KINGS AND QUEENS.

Emperor William had fainting fit after
the banquet at Stettin on Wednesday.
The queen of ENGLAND likes to drink
Scotch mountain dew with little Scotch ale
in 1t.
The empress of Japan applies yellow
gauze, embroidered handkerchiefs to her
dainty nose.
The princess OF Wales has set the fashion
Of putting the sidesaddle on the right hand
side Of the horse.
The recent proposition to have Mary.
queen Of Scots, enrolled among the saints,
brings to light the fact that the beautiful
queen dyed her hair.
Dom Pedro, of Brazil, is living quietly at
Baden-Baden with a small family party. He
will spend the winter in Egypt and visit
England next spring.
The German crown princess has presented
Dr. Mackenzie with picture painted by her
self, in recognition of the skill shown by him
in treating her husband.
Old King William of the Netherlands, is
dying. and his only heir is a little girl seven
years old. II the long cherished design Of
Bismarck are carried out, the little Wilhel-
nina may be swindled out of her kingdom
by a rude German coup.
Princess Eugenie, of Sweden. has written
Henry Bergh personal letter thanking him
for the lifelong interest he has taken In the
welfare of animals. The princess recently
dined the Stockholm car drivers and read
them lecture on the care of the horse.
The little king is jolly sort of baby. He
is the image of Queen Isabella and enjoys
being noticed and shown to the crowd, to
which he blows kisses with pair Of fat lit
tie hands. He goes throughthis form of sal
utaton with all his heart, ana his eyes jump
out of his head with glee.
| The ex-E impress Charlotte, of Mexico, has
of late shown great fondness for the CON-
pany of children. Every morning the two
children of her gar dener are brought to her,
and she spends hours with them playing
hide-andseek, and listening to their songs,
and feels unhappy when they leave.
Thu other Sunday afternoon the Empress
| of Austria made the ascent of the Gomsfeld,
| 2,024 metres above the level of the sea- near
| 1schl Her majesty, who was accompanied
| by lady-in-waiting and a guide, passed the
night in common Alpine hut, and on the
next morning witnessed the sunrise in bril-
| liant weather.
The imperial special train which has been
used by the Empeor William during his re-
| cent journeys consists of three saloon car
riages, which are connected with each other
by a covered passage lighted with gas and
fitted with electric bells and telegraph ap-
paratus. The day saloon is hung with blue
damask, and contains only easy chairs, sofas
and a couple of tables.
The Figaro has an anecdote to the effect
| that at the AldershOt review, few moments
| before the queens arrival, the prince OF
| Wales espied pretty woman, evidently in
embarrassment and desrous of reaching the
stand. lie approached and told her where tC
20. "rhanks, your highness," said she. This
puzzled the prince and he inquired who ht
had the honor of assisting. madame de
Kalemine," replied the stranger. "Youi
| highnesS certainly must have heard of Inc
when | married your brother-in-law, the
grand duke of Hesse." Tableau!
1t is related that one of the little arch
ducheses of Austria was taken to a circus
where nothing amazed her and very LITTLE
pleased her. On her return home the EN-
perOr asked how she had enjoyed the per
formance. 20, very WELL" the young lady
replied, "only mamma does everything the
l have seen her jump through SIX hOops" i
appears that this is really true. and that the
empress has on more than one occasion givel
a strictly private entertainment to her init
mates, In which she has surprised them will
feats riYaling those of the most skilled circu
riders.